Category Archives: Canadian Press
Federal government and First Nations to approve B.C. fish farms: province
VICTORIA - Fish farmers in British Columbia have four years to show their open-net operations don’t harm wild salmon and to get approval from First Nations to locate them in their territories as...
Jun 20, 2018
Tycoon's son who wrote gory novel guilty in bloody slaying
LOS ANGELES - A Canadian real estate tycoon’s son who wrote a graphic novel that features gruesome killings was convicted in Southern California Wednesday of the torture and mutilation of a live...
Jun 20, 2018
Redblacks O-line counted on to protect Harris from aggressive Riders defence
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks enter their season opener in first place in the CFL East Division. To stay there, they will need to find a way to contain the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ aggressive d...
Jun 20, 2018
Toronto Wolfpack loan wingers Jonny Pownall, Ryan Burroughs to Barrow Raiders
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have loaned wingers Jonny Pownall and Ryan Burroughs to the Barrow Raiders. But both players will be ineligible to play for the Raiders when eighth-place Barrrow (5-9-3)...
Jun 20, 2018
Police in B.C. search for family from Oregon after car found abandoned
DEASE LAKE, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say they are searching for a couple and their two young children after a car with Oregon licence plates was found near a highway in the community of Dease...
Jun 20, 2018
Morales hits two-run shot as Blue Jays edge Braves 5-4 in matinee
TORONTO - J.A. Happ has been the lone Toronto Blue Jays starter who has been consistently strong this season. With his team continuing to languish under the .500 mark, each solid performance is raisin...
Jun 20, 2018
Nevada sets 1st execution since 2006 after fight over drugs
LAS VEGAS - Nevada plans to carry out its first execution in 12 years using a never-before-tried combination of drugs that drew a court challenge over concerns that a convicted murderer could suffer d...
Jun 20, 2018
Quebec premier outlines plan to push back against protectionist U.S. policies
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will be heading to the United States next week to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies. Couillard told reporters Wednesd...
Jun 20, 2018
Police chief calls for mass casualty plan in Saskatchewan after Broncos crash
REGINA - A retired police chief wants the coroner’s office in Saskatchewan to develop a plan for responding to mass casualties like the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Former Saskatoon police chief ...
Jun 20, 2018
Rush end Charleston Hughes making presence felt with Riders' defence
The off-season acquisition of quarterback Zach Collaros was big for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but so was landing defensive lineman Charleston Hughes. The veteran pass rusher had three sacks in Sas...
Jun 20, 2018